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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1887

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The Late Railway Accident Near Kelso. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 October 1887 · page 10

Yesterday the remains of the smashed train were brought from the scene of the accident, near Kelson, and deposited at the Bathurst station. The debris filled eight trucks, and consisted of splintered wood, twisted axies,…

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The Railway Accident at Kelso

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 October 1887 · page 5

An inquiry will open this morning at the Works Office into the causes of the recent railway accident near Bathurst. The inquiry will be conducted either by the Minister for…

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The Windsor Railway Accident. Heavy Compensation Awarded. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 October 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The action brought by the executors of the late Mr. E. S. Parkes, superintendent of the Bank of Australasia, who was killed in the Windsor railway accident, to…

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Accidentally Drowned

Evening News · Thursday 20 October 1887 · page 5

This morning Mr. H. Swell, J.P., City Coroner, held an inquest at the Victoria Hotel, North Annandale, concerning the deata of Henrietta Victoria Mulholland, daughter of James…

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ANOTHER Terrible Disaster. The Cheviot Wrecked. Forty Persons Drowned

Evening News · Thursday 20 October 1887 · page 4

MELBOURNE.—A wire was received in the city this morning from Queenscliff, stating that Messrs. Howard Smith and Sons' steamer Cheviot had been totally wrecked on Point Nepean. At…

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The Gabo-flora Collision. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 October 1887 · page 4

Sir,—I am most unwilling to trouble your [?] on the subject of the recent inquiry held by tne M[?] Board of New South Wales into the collision between the steamer Gabo and the Flora…

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More London Riots. Another Assemblage of the Unemployed. the Police Attacked in Hyde Park. Many Seriously Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 October 1887 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--The police succeeded after much scuffling in preventing further meetings of the unemployed, which were to have taken place in Trafalgar-square…

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Accident at Merriwa

Evening News · Thursday 20 October 1887 · page 6

A painful accident occurred an Tuesday at Cullingral shed to a young man named John Price, while shearing a sheep. The animal made a sudden plunge, and drove the shear-blade…

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Accident to an Old Man

Evening News · Thursday 20 October 1887 · page 5

PARRAMATTA.—An old man from the George-street Asylum, Parramatta, named Jacob Roberts, aged 71 years, was walking along the railway line between Parramatta station and Harris Park,…

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Railway Accident Compensation

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 October 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A rumor that the railway commissioner had offered the trustees of the will of the late Mr. Parkes, who was killed in the Windsor accident, the sum of…

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A Fatal Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 October 1887 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--A man named Eames was killed to day at Walkerville. He was standing between a trolly and a wall when the horses in the trolly swerved, jamming the…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 October 1887 · page 6

A wharf-laborer named .David Jones was admitted to the Sydney Hospital yesterday suffering from concussion of the brain and a lacerated wound on the face. It appears that…

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Inquests. Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 October 1887 · page 2

The City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, held an inquest at the Victoria Hotel, Annandale, yesterday, touching the death of a child named Henrietta Victoria Mulholland, aged one year…

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Drowned and Roasted

Evening News · Friday 21 October 1887 · page 3

DENVER, COL, September 15.—A negro cook named Joe Dixon, employed at the Hotel Beaumont, Ouray, Col, had a fancied grievance against Miss Ella Day, a waitress, and shot her…

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A Shocking Fatality. Three Men Killed

Evening News · Friday 21 October 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE.—A shocking accident is reported from Warrsgul. Three men were with, others standing round a camp fire during a heavy gale, when a tree fell, killing three of the party…

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Coroner's Inquest. Drowned in a Tub

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 October 1887 · page 4

The City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, J.P., held an in[?] yesterday at the Victoria Hotel, North Annandale, touching the death of a child named Henrietta Victoria Mulholland, 1 year and 8 months old, who was…

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Fatal Accident at Wollongong

Evening News · Friday 21 October 1887 · page 6

A sad death occurred this morning. On Monday afternoon last Misses Wiseman, Robson, and j Dowson went for a drive along the Bulii-road, and see vehicle getting a sudden jerk, the back…

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Train Accident

Evening News · Friday 21 October 1887 · page 4

Michael Gushagun, 26, a carter (Irish), residing at 74, Denison-street, Newtown, was taken to the Prince Alfred Hospital suffering from injuries to his head. He was driving a horse…

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The Mudgee Accident

Evening News · Friday 21 October 1887 · page 5

It will be remembered that some weeks ago a fatal accident occurred on the Mudgee line to a fettler who was acting as pilot to the night train. At the inquest held en the body of the…

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The Wreck of the Cheviot. Terrible Loss of Life. 35 Drowned. 24 Survivors. 7 Bodies Recovered. Loss of the Propeller in the Hip. the Vessel Drifts on to the Rocks. a Terrible Nine Hours. the Condition of Those on Board. the Sea Washes Over the Vessel. Joy at Seeing the Rescuing Party

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 October 1887 · page 5

The news of the wreck of the Cheviot created a profound sensation in Sydney yesterday. The first information respecting the disaster reached this office about 2 o'clock yesterday morning…

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